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Regional Dynamics and Globalization: the Case of the PDO‐PGI Policy in Switzerland
Author(s) -
Boisseaux Stéphane,
Leresche JeanPhilippe
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
swiss political science review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1662-6370
pISSN - 1424-7755
DOI - 10.1002/j.1662-6370.2002.tb00339.x
Subject(s) - globalization , regionalism (politics) , federalism , context (archaeology) , economic geography , regional science , dynamics (music) , political science , economic system , economy , geography , economics , sociology , politics , law , pedagogy , archaeology , democracy
This paper examines the regional dynamics emerging in Switzerland through Protected Designations of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) devices, in which a large number of typical agricultural products get involved. Extending R. Balme's works on neo‐regionalisms, we approach those dynamics as a new, globalization‐oriented way of regional mobilization. Our empirical research shows how professional bodies together with regional authorities (“cantons”), through a relevant use of the PDO‐PGI device, enact a clear, legitimate presence of rural territories in globalization. The PDO‐PGI device can thus be analyzed as a negotiated way of connecting local and global, especially favored by the successful adaptation of neo‐regionalism to federalism logics in the Swiss context.